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Congress lacks good leadership: Amartya Sen

Kolkata: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen Friday said Congress lacked leadership and suffered in the recent assembly polls as it failed to fulfill people's expectations."People's aspirations were not met. So there is a considerable amount

Stressing on the need for the Congress to project a good leadership, he said: "It can also be said there is a lack of leadership. They are yet to finalise who will lead them (in the coming polls)."

"There has to be a good leadership. The party has to go to the people and loudly announce who is the leader, and what the leader has to say. It is not possible to fight a political battle without coming before the people."

Sen is in West Bengal to attend the three-day Poush Mela in Santiniketan of Birbhum district beginning Dec 23.